Edexcel M3 2021 June — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM3 (Mechanics 3)
Year2021
SessionJune
TopicCircular Motion 1

2. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} Figure 2 shows a fairground ride that consists of a chair of mass \(m\) attached to one end of a rigid arm of length \(\frac { 5 a } { 4 }\). The other end of the arm is freely hinged to the rim of a thin horizontal circular disc of radius \(a\). The disc rotates with constant angular speed \(\omega\) about a vertical axis through the centre of the disc. As the ride rotates the arm remains in a vertical plane through the centre of the disc. The arm makes a constant angle \(\theta\) with the vertical, where \(\tan \theta = \frac { 3 } { 4 }\) The chair is modelled as a particle and the arm is modelled as a light rod.
  1. Find the tension in the arm in terms of \(m\) and \(g\)
  2. Find \(\omega\) in terms of \(a\) and \(g\)